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Basketball, Women

Date28 July – 11 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationBasketball Arena, Olympic Park, Stratford, London / North Greenwich Arena, Greenwich, London
Participants143 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

The United States had won the last four gold medals in women’s basketball and was heavily favored to make that five in London. They had won the 2010 World Championship, and their team was basically an All-Star team from the WNBA, the world’s top women’s league. Their biggest competition was expected to come from Australia, which had won medals at the last four Olympics, and was led by WNBA star Lauren Jackson. In group play the US was unchallenged, winning every game by at least 25 points. But Australia was upset by France in Group B, forcing them into a semi-final match-up with the United States.

The USA-Australia semi was close for three quarters, with Australia leading at the half, 47-43. But the US pulled ahead in the third quarter, leading 65-59 going into the final stanza, and eventually won comfortably, 86-73. In the other semi, France continued their upset ways, defeating Russia 81-64 to advance to the final. The final was a rout, with the USA using a 21-1 third quarter burst to win 86-50, despite US coach Geno Auriemma backing off in the final quarter, as Candace Parker led the US with 21 points and 11 rebounds. It was the fifth consecutive gold medal in the sport for the United States’ women, the most ever in a women’s team sport at the Olympics, and their seventh all-time, also winning in 1984 and 1988. Australia won the bronze medal match to stand on the podium for the fifth straight Olympics.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold1
Guard (1)4Lindsay Whalen
Guard (2)/Forward (3)5Seimone Augustus
Guard (1)6Sue Bird
Guard (2)/Forward (3)7Maya Moore
Guard (2)/Forward (3)8Angel McCoughtry
Forward (4)9Asjha Jones
Forward (3)/Forward (4)10Tamika Catchings
Forward (3)/Forward (4)11Swin Cash
Guard (1)/Guard (2)12Diana Taurasi
Center (5)13Sylvia Fowles
Forward (4)/Center (5)14Tina Charles
Forward (3)/Forward (4)15Candace Parker
CoachGeno Auriemma
2FranceFRASilver2
Center4Isabelle Yacoubou
Center5Endéné Miyem
Forward6Clémence Beikes
Center7Sandrine Gruda
Guard8Edwige Lawson-Wade
Guard9Céline Dumerc
Guard10Florence Lepron
Guard11Émilie Gomis
Guard12Marion Laborde
Center13Élodie Godin
Center14Emmeline Ndongue
Forward15Jennifer Digbeu
CoachPierre Vincent
3AustraliaAUSBronze3
Guard (1)/Forward (3)4Jenna O'Hea
Guard (1)5Samantha Richards
Guard (2)6Jenni Screen
Forward (4)7Abby Bishop
Forward (4)/Center (5)8Suzy Batkovic
Guard (1)9Kathleen MacLeod
Guard (1)10Kristi Harrower
Forward (3)/Forward (4)11Laura Summerton-Hodges
Guard (2)12Belinda Snell
Guard (2)/Forward (3)13Rachel Jarry
Center (5)14Liz Cambage
Forward (4)/Center (5)15Lauren Jackson
CoachCarrie Graf
4Russian FederationRUS4
Guard (2)4Olga Arteshina
Guard (2)/Forward (3)5Yevgeniya Belyakova
Forward (4)6Nataliya Vodopyanova
Forward (3)7Marina Kuzina
Guard (1)/Guard (2)8Yelena Danilochkina
Guard (1)9Becky Hammon
Forward (3)10Ilona Korstin
Center (5)11Nataliya Vieru
Center (5)12Irina Osipova
Guard (1)13Anna Petrakova
Guard (2)/Forward (3)14Nataliya Zhedik
Center (5)15Nadezhda Grishayeva
CoachBoris Sokolovsky
5TurkeyTUR5
Guard (2)4Tuğba Palazoğlu
Forward (3)5Yasemin Begüm Dalgalar
Guard (1)6Birsel Vardarlı Demirmen
Guard (1)7Nilay Kartaltepe
Forward (4)8Tuğçe Canıtez
Guard (2)9Esmeral Tunçluer
Guard (1)10Işıl Alben
Center (5)11Nevriye Yılmaz
Center (5)12Kuanitra Holingsvorth
Forward (4)13Yasemin Horasan
Forward (3)14Şaziye İvegin Üner
Forward (4)15Bahar Çağlar
CoachCeyhun Yıldızoğlu
6People's Republic of ChinaCHN6
Guard (1)4Li Shanshan
Guard (1)5Song Xiaoyun
Forward (3)6Ji Yanyan
Guard (2)7Zhao Shuang
Guard (2)8Miao Lijie
Forward (4)9Guan Xin
Forward (3)10Zhang Fan
Forward (3)11Ma Zengyu
Forward (4)12Gao Song
Forward (4)13Chen Xiaoli
Center (5)14Wei Wei
Center (5)15Chen Nan
CoachSun Fengwu
7Czech RepublicCZE7
Forward (3)/Forward (4)4Jana Veselá
Forward (3)/Forward (4)5Michaela Zrůstová
Guard (1)6Kateřina Bartoňová
Guard (2)7Kateřina Zohnová
Center (5)8Ilona Burgrová
Guard (1)/Guard (2)9Hana Horáková-Machová
Forward (4)/Center (5)10Alena Hanušová
Guard (2)11Kateřina Elhotová
Guard (1)12Lenka Bartáková
Center (5)13Petra Kulichová
Forward (3)/Forward (4)14Tereza Pecková
Forward (3)15Eva Vítečková
CoachLubor Blažek
8CanadaCAN8
Center (5)4Krista Phillips
Guard (1)5Teresa Kleindienst-Gabriele
Guard (1)6Shona Thorburn
Guard (2)7Courtnay Pilypaitis
Guard (2)8Kim Smith-Gaucher
Forward (4)9Miranda Ayim
Guard (2)10Alisha Tatham
Forward (4)11Natalie Achonwa
Forward (3)12Lizanne Murphy
Forward (3)13Tamara Tatham
Forward (4)14Chelsea Aubry
Forward (3)15Michelle Plouffe
CoachAllison McNeill
9BrazilBRA9
Guard (1)4 Adrianinha
Guard (1)/Guard (2)5 Karla
Guard (2)/Forward (3)6 Chuca
Guard (1)/Guard (2)7Joice Rodrigues
Forward (4)9 Franciele
Forward (3)/Forward (4)10Sílvinha Gustavo
Forward (4)/Center (5)11 Clarissa
Forward (3)/Forward (4)12Damiris Dantas
Forward (4)/Center (5)13 Nádia
Center (5)14 Érika
Guard (1)/Guard (2)15Tássia Carcavalli
CoachLuíz Tarallo
10CroatiaCRO10
Guard (2)4Sandra Mandir
Guard (1)5Anđa Jelavić
Guard (2)6Antonija Mišura
Forward (4)7Lisa Karčić
Guard (2)8Emanuela Salopek
Center (5)9Marija Vrsaljko
Guard (1)10Iva Ciglar
Forward (3)11Ana Lelas
Center (5)12Iva Slišković
Forward (4)13Mirna Mazić
Center (5)14Luca Ivanković
Forward (3)15Jelena Ivezić
CoachStipe Bralić
11Great BritainGBR11
Guard (2)4Natalie Stafford
Guard (2)5Rose Anderson
Guard (1)6Stef Collins
Guard (1)7Rachael Vanderwal
Forward (3)8Chantelle Handy
Guard (2)9Jenaya Wade-Fray
Forward (4)10Julie Page
Forward (4)11Kim Butler
Center (5)12Dominique Allen
Guard (2)13Jo Leedham
Center (5)14Azania Stewart
Forward (3)15Temi Fagbenle
CoachTom Maher
12AngolaANG12
Guard (1)4Catarina Camufal
Forward (2)/Forward (3)5Ana Gonçalves
Forward (3)6Felizarda Jorge
Forward (3)/Forward (4)7Ângela Cardoso
Guard (1)8Fineza Eusébio
Forward (3)9Madalena Felix
Forward (2)/Forward (3)10Sónia Guadalupe
Center (5)11Luísa Tomás
Forward (3)12Astrida Vicente
Forward (3)/Forward (4)13Nacissela Maurício
Forward (4)/Center (5)14Nadir Manuel
Forward (4)/Center (5)15Ngiendula Filipe
CoachAníbal Moreira

Preliminary Round

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.

Group A

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA50010462-279Q
2TurkeyTUR4019343-316Q
3People's Republic of ChinaCHN3028346-363Q
4Czech RepublicCZE2037346-332Q
5CroatiaCRO1046324-379
6AngolaANG0055243-395
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 9:00People's Republic of China 13CHN66 – 57Czech Republic 14CZE
Match #228 Jul 14:30Turkey 15TUR72 – 50Angola 16ANG
Match #328 Jul 16:45United States 17USA81 – 56Croatia 18CRO
Match #430 Jul 9:00People's Republic of China 19CHN83 – 58Croatia 20CRO
Match #530 Jul 11:15Turkey 21TUR61 – 57Czech Republic 22CZE
Match #630 Jul 22:15United States 23USA90 – 38Angola 24ANG
Match #701 Aug 11:15People's Republic of China 25CHN76 – 52Angola 26ANG
Match #801 Aug 20:00Czech Republic 27CZE89 – 70Croatia 28CRO
Match #901 Aug 22:15United States 29USA89 – 58Turkey 30TUR
Match #1003 Aug 9:00Croatia 31CRO75 – 56Angola 32ANG
Match #1103 Aug 16:45Turkey 33TUR82 – 55People's Republic of China 34CHN
Match #1203 Aug 22:15United States 35USA88 – 61Czech Republic 36CZE
Match #1305 Aug 11:15Czech Republic 37CZE82 – 47Angola 38ANG
Match #1405 Aug 16:45United States 39USA114 – 66People's Republic of China 40CHN
Match #1505 Aug 20:00Turkey 41TUR70 – 65Croatia 42CRO

Group B

Date28 July – 5 August 2012
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsDrawsLossesPointsPoints
1FranceFRA50010356-319Q
2AustraliaAUS4019353-322Q
3Russian FederationRUS3028314-308Q
4CanadaCAN2037328-332Q
5BrazilBRA1046329-354
6Great BritainGBR0055327-372
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #128 Jul 11:15Russian Federation 43RUS58 – 53Canada 44CAN
Match #228 Jul 20:00France 45FRA73 – 58Brazil 46BRA
Match #328 Jul 22:15Australia 47AUS74 – 58Great Britain 48GBR
Match #430 Jul 14:30France 49FRA74 – 70Australia 50AUS
Match #530 Jul 16:45Russian Federation 51RUS69 – 59Brazil 52BRA
Match #630 Jul 20:00Canada 53CAN73 – 65Great Britain 54GBR
Match #701 Aug 9:00France 55FRA64 – 60Canada 56CAN
Match #801 Aug 14:30Australia 57AUS67 – 61Brazil 58BRA
Match #901 Aug 16:45Russian Federation 59RUS67 – 61Great Britain 60GBR
Match #1003 Aug 11:15Australia 61AUS70 – 66Russian Federation 62RUS
Match #1103 Aug 14:30Canada 63CAN79 – 73Brazil 64BRA
Match #1203 Aug 20:00France 65FRA80 – 77Great Britain 66GBR
Match #1305 AugFrance 67FRA65 – 54Russian Federation 68RUS
Match #1405 Aug 14:30Australia 69AUS72 – 63Canada 70CAN
Match #1505 Aug 22:15Brazil 71BRA78 – 66Great Britain 72GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date7 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Aug 16:15Australia 73AUS75 – 60People's Republic of China 74CHN
Match #207 Aug 14:00United States 75USA91 – 48Canada 76CAN
Match #307 Aug 20:00Russian Federation 77RUS66 – 63Turkey 78TUR
Match #407 Aug 22:15France 79FRA71 – 68Czech Republic 80CZE

Semi-Finals

Date9 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #109 Aug 17:00United States 81USA86 – 73Australia 82AUS
Match #209 Aug 21:00France 83FRA81 – 64Russian Federation 84RUS

Final Round

Date11 August 2012
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/211 Aug 21:00United States 85USA86 – 50France 86FRA
Match 3/411 Aug 17:00Australia 87AUS83 – 74Russian Federation 88RUS